You can try setting up a symbolic link in your local /dev to the /dev/stx device name on the server machine. ln -s //server/dev/stx /dev/local-device-name Something like this? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Craig Sent: 16. november 2000 01:35 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] Using a network tape drive? Hi, I am adminstering a small network that has Linux and Solaris Sparc as well as Win9x and Win2k boxes. We have one SCSI tape drive (Exabyte 8mm) attached to a Sparc station running Solaris7. Does anyone have a clue how to set up Linux to use the tape drive through the network as if it were local? I have been doing backups of the Win and Linux boxes from the Sparc using smbtar, but what I need to do also is read data tapes on Linux as if it were a local tape drive. Thanks, John Craig
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